What Art? 1

Please view the following 2 images and respond to the questions below by posting to your Blog:






As accurately as possible, describe what you see.  Look closely and record every visible detail.  Everything from composition to background to facial expressions is open for description. 

Part I

1) Describe the mood of the image(s)  What is the expression on the faces of the models?  What is their posture?

2) Think about technique.  How do you imagine these images were created? Oil paint? Photoshop?

3) Ask yourself what role color plays in the images(?)  Does it accentuate the mood?

4) Finally, what do you think the artist intended to convey with these images?  What response was he/she attempting to evoke?  Do you think the effort was successful?

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